NGC 115
| NGC 115 | |
|---|---|
 ESO KIDS image of NGC 115 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Right ascension | 00h 26m 46.278s[1] |
| Declination | −33° 40′ 37.56″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.006118[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1828 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 85 Mly (26 Mpc)[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)bc:[4] |
| Size | 50 kly (15 kpc)[3] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -06-02-006, PGC 1651[2] | |
NGC 115 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on September 25, 1834.[3] The galaxy is approximately 85 million light-years from the Sun, and is about 50,000 light-years in diameter,[3] nearly half the size of our home galaxy, the Milky Way.
NGC 115 belongs to the galaxy group known as NGC 134 Group or LGG 7. It's members are NGC 131, IC 1554, NGC 148, IC 1555, NGC 134 and ESO 410-18.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- 1 2 3 "NGC 115". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- 1 2 3 4 Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 100 - 149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 0115 (NGC 115)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47–90. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G.
External links
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Media related to NGC 115 at Wikimedia Commons- NGC 115 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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